[SCREEN AND PRINT]Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a DogLaurie Anderson’s new film screened at the 2016 Sydney, Queensland and Melbourne Film Festivals.Heart of a Dog begins with Anderson’s familiar heart-warming sounds accompanied by animated images of herself with her comforting, matter-of-fact voice-over: ‘This is my dream body, the one I use to walk around — in my dream. In this dream, I’m in a hospital bed, and it’s like a scene from a movie . . .’ [More]

[MAGAZINES]The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art: In conversation with curator Aaron SeetoArticle first published in Broadsheet magazine no.44.3,2015, Contemporary Art Centre of SA Inc.Ian Were: Aaron, in what position do you think the Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) series of exhibitions stand right now in the world of contemporary art?Aaron Seeto: Let’s look at the legacy of the APT . . . it has substantially driven the discourse around contemporary art from the region and it is one of the most important periodic exhibitions which Australia produces . . . . [More]

[MAGAZINES]14th Istanbul Art Biennial: ‘Armenian shadows & whispers’Article published @ Kulture/Pulse magazine, 26 October 2015, Sydney.The 14th Istanbul Biennial’s 36 venues included two linked to Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink who was shot in Istanbul in 2007 by a Turkish nationalist. At his funeral 100,000 citizens marched in protest of the assassination. Curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev has done a remarkable job of integrating artists with Armenian backgrounds and ideas . . .[More]

[MAGAZINES]Henri van Noordenburg: Landscapes of Fact and FictionArticle published in FABRIK magazine no.28, 2015, Los Angeles.
Who or what inhabits these places? It looks like winter: white, crisp and maybe inhospitable. There are signs of habitation: ruins of farm house and barns; remnants of fences . . . People have lived here but is anyone still left? Van Noordenburg invites us to speculate. Maybe not the good and bad citizens who inhabit the landscapes of TV series like Lilyhammer or Fortitude . . . but there is evidence of drama . . .
[See Fabrik magazine no.28, then go to pp.46-53.]

[SHORT STORY]The bar on Phra Nang beachIt’s a warm Saturday evening in mid-January and I order a glass of wine at the best sunset bar on the most perfect beach in Thailand. I ask for the Monsoon Valley rosé but the bar doesn’t have it. Their Colombard however, is crisp and good for sipping on a night like this . . . [See short stories]

[SHORT STORY]Spalding and meBefore I really knew who he was I saw Spalding Gray perform at the 1986 Adelaide Festival. My first monologue experience was Sex and Death to Age 14, and then I went back to as many as I could get tickets for . . .
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